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Mounce, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. It lies near Gambling Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Short Bend quadrangle.

Mounce within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

79 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Mounce between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,408 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 2003Other causesunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCHICKEN COOP
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMAJORS HOLLOW
12 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use40 acresMark Twain National ForestBOWERS HOLLOW
1 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresMark Twain National ForestLEVI HOLLOW
6 April 2013Arson/incendiarism32 acresMark Twain National ForestTIMOTHY HOLLOW
4 April 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Mounce: 18 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Smith QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Barksdale DiggingsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fitzwater MineIronPast Producer1880
Fitzwater Mine WestIronPast Producer
Fitzwater Mines EastIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dent County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ark2.9 miles19
Junction Lookout (historical)3.6 miles19
Dent Ford4.0 miles18
Stone Hill5.0 miles19
Howes Mill6.1 miles19
Short Bend6.1 miles18
Max6.3 miles18
Cooksey7.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740146. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.